Quick answer:14 colleges within 100 miles of South Bend, Indiana award a health sciences degree, the nearest about 43 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024). Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other in Indiana earn a median $81,290 per year against $65,790 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Health Sciences Program Access Near South Bend, Indiana
Distance from South Bend
Colleges awarding this degree
Within 25 miles
0
Within 50 miles
1
Within 100 miles
14
Within 250 miles
33
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
Access around South Bend is thinner than in the larger Indiana metros. The nearest college awarding this degree is roughly 43 miles away and 14 sit within 100 miles, which is the case where an online or low-residency program earns its keep.
Colleges Near South Bend
How we rank schools – graduation rate, graduate earnings, cost and retention.
Advertising plays no part.
This page lists 7 schools
within 127 miles, closest group first, then ordered by
BOC Score with the highest at the top.
7 of them carry a score.
LOCAL RANK
Location / proximity to this page
Defines the local group
Graduation rate how often students finish
30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry whether it paid off
25%
Average net price what students actually pay after aid; lower ranks higher
20%
Retention rate how many come back for year two
15%
Fully online availability whether you can study while working
10%
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal
about the institution rather than about this subject.
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#1
Butler University
📍
Indianapolis, IN
•127.2 miles away•BOC Score
73.4
What Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other Earn in Indiana
The Indiana median for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other is $81,290 per year, above the national median of $65,790, on state employment of 500 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in South Bend specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the Indiana page.
Choosing a Health Sciences Program From South Bend
The subject matter does not change by location: anatomy and physiology, health-care systems and policy, epidemiology and statistics, ethics, and clinical supervision. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from a recognized institutional accreditor, how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Completions, 2024 - institutions awarding this degree, with IPEDS institution coordinates
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 - Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (SOC 29-9099)
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